Once there was a white missionary working in deepest Africa many years ago. One day a man from the village came to his house, furious, and said "Today my pregnant wife finally gave birth, and the baby was white. You are the only white man living within a hundred miles of here, so I demand an explanation from you."
The missionary became very nervous, and blurted out "Look, calm down and think this through. When a child is born that is different from all the other children, should we hold that child as being lesser than the other children? Should we discriminate against him, or say that he is unnatural? No! Rather, we should celebrate the difference and diversity that he adds to our society. Look at it this way; the village field is filled with white sheep, but every once in a great while one will spontaneously give birth to a black sheep. When that happens, the whole village marvels at the wonderful event."
The village man thought about it silently for a while. After a few minutes he shook the missionary's hand and said "Okay, it's a deal. I won't say anything about the white baby, if you don't go around telling people about the black sheep."
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